Esther Dyson
Esther Dyson
Esther Dysonis a Swiss-born American journalist, author, businesswoman, investor, commentator and philanthropist. She is a leading angel investor focused on breakthrough efficacy in healthcare, government transparency, digital technology, biotechnology, and space. Dyson is currently focusing her career on production of health and continues to invest in health and technology startups. She is the founder of HICCup...
dangerous defensive free guarantee hard offers powerful regardless running technical technology tool weapon
Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government... It's hard to think of a more powerful, less dangerous tool for liberty.
technology phones cells
People have to understand that they can reject technology. They can turn off their cell phone. They can stop looking at their e-mail. It's there if they want it. It's not being forced on them.
technology may firsts
It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.
believe technology citizens
I believe in markets doing what they do well, which is to develop technology, and letting citizens do what they ideally do well, which is to set policy.
running powerful technology
Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government... It's hard to think of a more powerful, less dangerous tool for liberty.
thinking technology common-sense
Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first.
technology perfect world
Part of the problem is when we bring in a new technology we expect it to be perfect in a way that we don't expect the world that we're familiar with to be perfect.
technology people needs
People need to understand that the technology is for them. It's not to them. It's not over them. People still sometimes want to be led a little too much.
internet opinion reflect
We try to reflect Internet opinion and not go off half-cocked.
normal simple truth
The simple truth is that it will get better, but it won't go back to being what we thought was normal before, ... That was nutty.
decided eastern foster half silicon somehow valley
That was when I decided that I was going to keep doing this as half of what I was doing - just somehow try to foster Silicon Valley in Eastern Europe.
alone average bunch clever competition due government lawyers reason respect
Microsoft's competition -- most of it has been pretty inadequate. I don't see any reason to think that -- with all due respect -- a bunch of government lawyers are going to be any more clever than your average company, let alone Microsoft,
decide government size
You have to be a grownup. You have to decide what government should do and not do. And what's its appropriate size and what's its appropriate scale.
computers windows
There are also computers with Windows that stick.